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- To say that a person knows something directly implies that the person is not wrong, so knowledge implies truth. But knowledge is more than just truth. Knowledge also implies effort—that the person who has knowledge did more than just form a belief; they somehow earned it. Often, in epistemology, this is understood as justification.
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Jun 13, 2006 · Truth is one of the central subjects in philosophy. It is also one of the largest. Truth has been a topic of discussion in its own right for thousands of years. Moreover, a huge variety of issues in philosophy relate to truth, either by relying on theses about truth, or implying theses about truth.
- Coherence Theory of Truth
The “falling apart” of truth and justification to which...
- William James
William James was an original thinker in and between the...
- Tarski's Truth Definitions
More generally his name for his approach to defining truth,...
- Deflationary Theory of Truth
Deflationism about truth, what is often simply called...
- Axiomatic Theories of Truth
1. Motivations. There have been many attempts to define...
- Liar Paradox
Beall, Jc and Michael Glanzberg, 2008, “Where the paths...
- Facts
1. Philosophies of Facts 1.1 Facts, Facts & Facts. The word...
- Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) was the founder of...
- Realism
1. Preliminaries. Three preliminary comments are needed....
- Coherence Theory of Truth
Feb 6, 2001 · Knowledge as Justified True Belief. There are three components to the traditional (“tripartite”) analysis of knowledge. According to this analysis, justified, true belief is necessary and sufficient for knowledge. The Tripartite Analysis of Knowledge:S knows that p iff. p is true; S believes that p;
- Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa, Matthias Steup
- 2001
Indeed, when speaking of propositional knowledge, all philosophers grant that belief and truth are necessary conditions for knowledge. A person cannot be said to know a proposition if they do not believe that proposition. And clearly, if a belief is to count as knowledge, then that believe simply cannot be false.
In other words, we might say, justification, truth, and belief are all necessary for knowledge, but they are not jointly sufficient for knowledge; there is a fourth condition – namely, that no false beliefs be essentially involved in the reasoning that led to the belief – which is also necessary.
Mar 21, 2019 · 1. History of the Pragmatic Theory of Truth. 1.1 Peirce’s Pragmatic Theory of Truth. 1.2 James’ Pragmatic Theory of Truth. 1.3 Dewey’s Pragmatic Theory of Truth. 2. Neo-Pragmatic Theories of Truth. 3. Truth as a Norm of Inquiry and Assertion. 4. Common Features. 5. Critical Assessments. 5.1 Three Classic Objections and Responses.
In principle, knowledge-that is the kind of knowledge present whenever there is knowledge of a fact or truth — no matter what type of fact or truth is involved: knowledge that 2 + 2 = 4; knowledge that rape is cruel; knowledge that there is gravity; and so on.
It is the problem of being clear about what you are saying when you say some claim or other is true. The most important theories of truth are the Correspondence Theory, the Semantic Theory, the Deflationary Theory, the Coherence Theory, and the Pragmatic Theory. They are explained and compared here.
